# Commission Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 of 8 August 2008 laying down a list of third countries, territories, zones or compartments from which poultry and poultry products may be imported into and transit through the Community and the veterinary certification requirements (Text with EEA relevance), Division IV: Requirements for ratites for breeding and production from a third country, territory or zone considered to be infected with Newcastle disease

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

The following rules shall apply to ratites and hatching eggs thereof coming from a third country, territory or zone considered as infected with Newcastle disease and to day-old chicks that have hatched from such eggs:
(a)before the date the isolation period begins, the competent authority shall check the isolation facilities as referred to in point 4 of Part II of this Annex to verify whether they are satisfactory;
(b)during the relevant periods as referred to in points 2 and 3 of Part II of this Annex a virus isolation test for Newcastle disease shall be carried out on a cloacal swab or faeces sample from each ratite;
(c). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(d)negative results of the tests provided for in point (b) shall be available before any bird is released from isolation.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2008/798/annex/IX/division/IV (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-798/annex-IX/division-IV
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